EA Sports believes this is the year that soccer – or at least their version of it – will finally take over America. They are wrong, of course. This country’s knowledge gap won’t be closed by one Landon Donovan goal – or box cover.
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I’ve seen Vuvzela Hero jokes for a while. Yes, the World Cup’s most annoying musical instrument could be merged with Guitar Hero. The results would be slightly more annoying to my neighbours. Let’s finally watch this fakery together and chortle.
Last night, Japan played valiantly against Paraguay. The game was 0-0 after extra time causing the victor to be settled by penalty kicks. Paraguay make all its shots. Japan, however, did not.
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Best part? If you go to the YouTube page, you can click that soccer ball and get TWICE the vuvuzela crapping all over “The Song of Storms,” from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
Through July 12 – the day after the World Cup championship – Uncharted 2 players may choose from 16 different World Cup shirts for Drake and Flynn in multiplayer, one for each nation that advanced to the Cup’s knockout stage.
In The Land of the Rising Sun, Pro Evolution Soccer is known as Winning Eleven. Ironic, as the Japanese national team traditionally hasn’t been winning. Until recently, that is.